Or they will continue to be a black hole for first round talent. They badly need to get their act together at the highest level before they can even think about putting together a competetive team. An ownership change may be in order.
To be fair, Edmonton has also been quite unlucky in the draft. Although they have won the lottery a few times recently, the years inbetween where they went #2 or #3 franchise players like Stamkos and Taveres were drafted.
Luckily they got McDavid, so that kinda evens things out.